First off, we really have NO idea who any of the posters are on this site, what their motivations are, or who they are in real life. That's the blessing & curse of dealing in Cyber space, it's quite anonymous, thus allowing folks to even pretend if they so wish w/o repercussions or fear of being found out.
I know for a fact that there are Democratic operatives operating as plants here. I've talked to them & they have admitted as much. We have several Freepers here that do likewise on DU & the Huffington Post. No great revelation there.
With that being said, I look at those I referred to as the Christian Jihadists, & for the better part, I see them as fanatics (please see defintion below), one trick pony's if you will. This is a conservative political website, & yet for the most part, they, for the better part, post almost exclusively on Mormon and/or Catholic bashing threads, or threads that they quickly hijack into Mormon/Catholic bashing threads (i.e. most recent Glen Beck Threads). The vast majority of their time is spent bashing, not on conservative causes for which this site has it's purpose, or at least used to. The vast majority of their time is spent on sewing seeds of discord here among conservatives, not uniting in the common theme of conservatism. Hmmmm. Something plants are specifically here to do. But I digress.
The definition of Jihad is Holy war. Is there really any doubt that these "Christian Jihadists" consider the cause they undertake here as a Holy war? Their actions & obsessive behavior certainly seem to point in that direction. Jihadists of any kind tend to try & impose their will/opinions upon the rest. They believe that it's their way or the highway. There's no room for opposing opinions, theirs is all that matters. Of course all they have are opinions, very little that's definitive, yet that doesn't stop them.
Common to most, if not all Jihadists, they are fanatical in their actions & beliefs. Psychologically, fanatics tend to be somewhat unstable. To varying degrees of course. It's hard to tell at times to what degree here because we're in cyber space. Although sometimes we can gain great insight through the words expressed & the obsessive behavior . However, it's still nothing more than an educated guess.
Do you guys ever wonder why the number of non LDS Christian posters here is increasing in taking you folks to the woodshed on these threads? Most seem to be fellow Evangelicals, & as w/ many of my Evangelical friends here locally, they are embarrassed by your fanatical actions. They're embarrassed that you claim to represent their views.
Does that translate into the possibility that one of the fanaticals here could actually shoot a Mormon bishop?, someone, a poster, we really know virtually nothing about? Perhaps, but I would think it highly unlikely in this case. Stranger things have happened...........Ireland/England anyone?
Also, EJ, I'm not a lawyer........your misrepresentations never do stop do they?
As you look at the following definition of fanatic, see if these definitions don't apply to your presence here on FR. I'm back to having fun. Best wishes to all for a great week.
fa·nat·ic Noun /fəˈnatik/
Synonyms:
adjective: rabid, bigoted, phrenetic, frenetic
noun: zealot, bigot
fanatics plural
A person filled with excessive and single-minded zeal, esp. for an extreme religious or political cause A person with an obsessive interest in and enthusiasm for something, esp. an activity a fitness fanatic
fa·nat·ic Adjective /fəˈnatik/ Filled with or expressing excessive zeal his fanatic energy Web definitions
a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause); "A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject"--Winston Churchill
marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea; "rabid isolationist" http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=fanatic
Fanaticism is a belief or behavior involving uncritical zeal, particularly for an extreme religious or political cause or in some cases sports, or with an obsessive enthusiasm for a pastime or hobby. ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanatic
A person who is zealously enthusiastic for some cause, especially in religion; Fanatical; Showing evidence of possession by a god or demon; frenzied, over-zealous http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fanatic
fanaticism - excessive intolerance of opposing views http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=fanaticism